The Year of Living Audaciously

Former food blog, now travel blog - following my year as a Fulbright ETA in Indonesia

Christmas Cookies #3: Spritz Cookies

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If I had to pick one recipe that says “mackenzie”, that people get so excited over, that people know me by… This would be it.

I first tried spritz cookies when I was maybe 9 at our Christmas dinner with my grandparents. My aunt had made them and I took one bite and my destiny was sealed – my and spritz cookies would have a long history together…

I went out and bought a spritz cookie making gun (no idea what they are really called) and set to work. That year and every year after, I made a double batch right before school got out for Christmas break and gave a little bundle to all my friends and favorite teachers. 11 years later… I am STILL bringing spritz cookies back to a couple of those teachers and friends because they love these cookies so much. I have no idea what it is about these cookies, and why these people can’t make them the way I do (one teacher has tried for years!) but for whatever reason… this recipe and I are best friends.

True to tradition, I brought the spritzer out to school with me and Libby and I made them during out cookie baking extravaganza. So good. So so so good. Now I have a whole bunch of friends out here who I’ll need to be baking these cookies for for the next several years! Yay!

Spritz Cookies:

(Spritz “gun” from Crate and Barrel and the recipe is the one in the box :D)

1 ½ cups butter
1 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
½ teaspoon almond extract
3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
Sprinkles
Preheat the oven to 375°. Thoroughly cream butter and sugar. Add egg, milk, vanilla and almond extract; beat well. Stir together flour and baking powder; gradually add to creamed mixture, mixing to make a smooth dough. Do not chill. Place dough into Cookie Pro and press cookies onto ungreased cookie sheet. Sprinkle with sprinkles (if you want!) Bake 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned around edges. Remove cookies from sheet; cool on rack.
Makes 7-8 dozen (little) cookies.
A couple of tips:
– Silicone baking mats ensure that these little guys don’t burn and so I highly recommend using them!
– Don’t try to press the cookies onto a warm pan, it needs to be room temp for the cookies to stick
– I have certain pans that work a lot better than others with this recipe. Don’t get frusterated if a batch doesn’t turn out quite right, or burns easily… try a different pan.

Comments

  1. I received a cookie press last year but have been hesitant about trying any of recipes that came with it because you never know what you’ll get. 🙂 I think I’ll have to add this recipe to my list of Christmas cookies to make this year!

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